The contemporary art museum and Munich city
landmark, ‘Haus der Kunst’ once more delivered the perfect backdrop for one
of the most amazing snowboard contests in Europe. The rider list of this
Snowboard Handrail Contest read like the Who’s Who of progressive urban
freestlye and included 22 riders from 10 nations. Cheered to victory by more
than 3000 visitors on-site, Lucas Magoon from the US took first place,
followed by Max Legend (CAN) and Hans Åhlund (SWE).

For the second time, Quiksilver and ispo joined forces to create an urban
snowboard experience of its own. The marble pillars of the ‘Haus der Kunst’
venue in the city center of Munich provided a unique backdrop for a
spectacular handrail session. 22 internationally acclaimed riders were
showing a new level of urban snowboarding. The jam format kept pushing
the riders to their limits on the 11m long cast-iron steel rail at the renowned
art museum.

After the 90 minute Jam Session, 8 riders - Hans Åhlund (SWE), Max Legend
(CAN), Florent Marot (FRA), Lucas Magoon (USA), Sami Sarenpää (FIN),
Fredu Sirvio (FIN), Gulli Gudmundsson (IS) and Dan Brisse (USA) - qualified
for the final session to compete for the prize money of EUR 9.000. An
additional EUR 1.000,- was allocated to the riders in the interactive "The
Moneysession" – spectators applause decide which of the riders cash in
directly. Sami Sarenpää (FIN) was clearly the public’s favourite as well as
being a big contender for the final session. Unfortunately he fell and could
not continue the session.

In the following final it was a close call between the eight riders as the riding
level was high. With the last trick of the evening, Lucas Magoon delivered the
best trick, a perfectly stylish bluntslide 50/50 to 180 across the whole 27-
stair handrail. Second place went to Max Legend from Canada with a
backside lipslide, and Hans Ahlund took home third place.
The "Quiksilver – DAS RAIL" event was followed by a great night at the
Onboard Aftershow Party. DJ Colas from France delivered nice tunes until the
early hours and put the icing on the cake the second edition of "Quiksilver –
DAS RAIL" presented by ispo.


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Nic Rothenbächer
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Mail: nic@eyes-wide-open.de